On this day: 17 June

6 acts of valour and 5 Gazette announcements fall on 17 June.

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Actions on 17 June

1. Clement Heneage-Walker1858Captain, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars · Indian Mutiny
2. George Hollis1858Farrier, 8th Hussars (King's Royal Irish) · Indian Mutiny
3. John Pearson1858Private, 8th Hussars · Indian Mutiny
4. Joseph Ward1858Sergeant, 8th Hussars · Indian Mutiny
5. Edward Mannock1918Major, 85 Squadron Royal Flying Corps (later TheRoyal Air Force.) · First World War
6. Augustine William Shelton Agar1919Lieutenant (later Commodore), Royal Navy · North Russia Relief Force

Gazetted on 17 June

1. Edward Stevenson Browne1879Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment (the South Wales Borderers) · Zulu War
2. Redvers Henry Buller1879Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, 60th Rifles (becoming The King's Royal Rifle Corps) · Zulu War
3. William Knox Leet1879Major, 1st Battalion. 13th Regiment · Indian Mutiny
4. James Henry Reynolds1879Surgeon Major, Army Medical Department · Zulu War
5. Samuel Wassall1879Private, 80th Regiment · Zulu War